The Council approved the central cGST (cGST) and integrated GST (iGST) draft bills on Saturday.

NEW DELHI -- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the new indirect tax regime, was on track and 1 July was going to be its likely date of implementation.

"It (GST) looks on track. Subject to Parliament approval, it looks like the possible date of implementation of GST is July 1," Jaitley said after the 11th GST Council meet concluded in New Delhi.

1st July this year now optimistically looks like the possible date for the implementation of the GST: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley pic.twitter.com/Vr6qqhCexf